Exam 2: The Project Management Life Cycle

Some systems analysts consider the life cycle to be:

The organizational unit created to centralize and coordinate projects within an organization is called:

Failure to identify a key stakeholder can cause major problems for a project.

Developing a project charter is part of which process group?

A functional organization structure can be thought of as a pyramid.

The process group concerned with formal acceptance of a project is called ___________.

What is NOT a characteristic of a Gantt chart?

In an organization with a projectized structure, team members belong to different functional areas.

Problem solving has two aspects: ___________and decision making.

The___________ expected completion time refers to the time in which an activity can be completed without delaying the project.

A weak matrix organization structure resembles to some extent a functional organization.

Compliance with regulations is___________ .

Nodes not on the critical contain slack time.

The organizational unit created to centralize and coordinate the projects within an organization is called ___________.

Describe the systems analysis phase of the systems development life cycle.

The fifth phase in the SDLC is called___________ .

During systems design, the descriptions of the recommended alternative are converted into physical and then logical design.

The final phase of the systems development life cycle is called:

You should use a network diagram when: